The AP reported that Seski did not have approval to hunt on land where hunting is prohibited.
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Landowner Headman Sibanda was arrested and is assisting police, it said.
According to multiple news outlets, Seski, 68, is an avid hunter, and photographs of him on social media purportedly show him pictured next to big game kills, including a hippo, an ostrich and a zebra.
Last week, Oppah Muchinguri, a government minister from Zimbabwe, told officials that the country was seeking extradition for Palmer “so that he can be held accountable for his illegal action”.
His death brought widespread condemnation of Walter Palmer, and the practice of hunting lions and other big game trophy in general and prompted Zimbabwe to demand his extradition.
The guide who led a Minnesota dentist on the hunt that killed Cecil the lion defended his actions Tuesday, a day before he was scheduled to stand trial in Zimbabwe.
After conflicting reports earlier in the day that the brother of Cecil the lion had been killed, the Zimbabwe National Parks & Wildlife Management Authority officially confirmed later Saturday that the lion, named Jericho, is still alive and well in Hwange National Park.
Mr Sibanda said the relevant paperwork was in place for Mr Seski’s hunt.
An Oxfordshire based research team which was tracking the movements of a lion killed by an American hunter has received donations of over half a million pounds. This drew the lion Cecil from the confines of the “free roam” park, where he was wounded by a crossbow shot by Palmer.
Theo Bronkhorst (right) arrives at Zimbabwe’s Hwange Magistrate’s Court with his lawyer Givemore Muvhuringi on July 29.
During this trip, Dr. Seski did lawfully hunt and take a lion.
“I think it’s frivolous and I think it’s wrong”.
As per reports, one picture on the Melorani Safaris Facebook page was showing Seski giving pose with the body of the creature in 2012.
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The head of the conservation task force, Johnny Rodrigues, said in a new statement that the erroneous information was the result of mistaken identity. “Everything he did was perfectly legal and aboveboard and a great help to our conservation efforts”.
